Improvement in animal-traps



UNITED STATES JOHN ANNIS, OF GALVA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR y'IO HIMSELF AANDV HORTON l PATENT OFFICE.

KELsEY, onv SAME PLAGE.

IMPaOyEMENT IN ANJMALFTRAPS.

Specification forming part oi Letters` Patent No.`4`411,'76v3, dated October 18, 1864.

To all whom it may concern.- 1

Be it known that I, JOHN ANNIs, of' Galva, in the county of .Henry and State of Illinois, have invented-a new and Improved Trap for Catching Rats, Mice, and other Small Ani malsg'and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and `exact description s thereof, which will enable any person skilled in the art to make and use-thesame, reference being -had to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specication, in which- .Figure 1 is a vertical section of my invention, taken in the linevm m, Fig. 3; Fi-g. 2, a

vertical section of the'sain'e,'takeniitle line y y, Fig/1; Fig. 3, a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line ze, Fig, 2.

Y, l,This invention consists .ina box of l'rectangularorotherform divided inte compartments,

vA represents a rectangular box, which is divided in to four compartmentsB C D E, bv

partitions ai; (See Fig, 3.) A

`,The compartment@ is provided with an opening, b, through which the animals enter. Fis a-treadle which passes through an'opening in thepartitio`n between the two compartmen-ts B O, and is connected to alever, G, by

'a rod, c, the frontend .of saidlever being connected to a sliding door, H, which works over an' opening, d, that forms a communication. between the -compartments C and'YD. The

'gravity ot' thedoor'H is'sutticient to keepthe treadle F elevated'.

The compartment D isprovided with a box, I, in which the bait is placed; and the compartment Il is provided with abox, J, which Similarletters of reference indicate the same parts.

is removable, and basa glass e, in one side of it, and a conical wire'entrance, f, in the opposite side. The glass e is in line with aglass, g,.in the side of the' compartment E, and the conical wire entrance f is in line with an opening, h, which forms a communication between the compartments D and vE.

The box A is provided with lidst'i, by rais'-v ing which all of the compartments are accessible. The box I is provided at one side with asliding'doorJ. l w The operation is. as follows: The animal ,enters the compartment B through the openin g b, and passes upon the treadle F, and devpresses it, thereby' raising the door'H, so as to open the communication between C and D.

the animal entering the. latter, the door H dropping by its ownA gravity as soon as the animal enters D. vThe light seen at the opening l1, and which passes through the glasses,v I

e g, attracts the animah, and itI passes through the wire entrance f into the box J, and can-v not return. This box J may be'removed from time to time asjit becomes lled.

This trap is self-setting, and an animal can# not escape from it after being caught;

v Having thus described my invention, whatl I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters l Patent, is

A trap for catching rats and other animals,

y'composed of a box, A, divided into a series otcompartments, provided respectively with a trcadle connected witha sliding door, a bait- -box, and an animal-reception box having a,

conical wire entrance, and provided with a glass to admit the light, all being arranged to operate in the manner substantially as and for .the purpose herein specified. p

. JOHN ANNIS.

Witnesses: f

S.M. GORDON, A. yHuYoUNGr. 

